Brief Mental Health First Aid Program (bMHFA) for Parents to Improve Mental Health Literacy in Low-Income Families: A Three-Arm Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT06148922 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 788

Last updated 2023-11-28

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Summary

The goal of this Randomized Controlled Trial study is to test the effectiveness of the brief Mental Health First Aid Program (bMHFA) for parents to improve Mental Health Literacy in Low-Income families. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does the brief MHFA program improve mental health literacy among parents in low-income families?
* Does the brief MHFA program improve mental well-being among children in low-income families?

Participants will be randomly assigned to two groups, intervention and control group.

* Intervention group: attend a 2-hour training program on brief MHFA
* Intervention group: complete a set of questionnaire
* Intervention group: Interviews will be conducted at 12-month follow up
* Control: no need to attend any workshop
* Control: complete a set of questionnaire

Conditions

  • Mental Health Issue

Interventions

OTHER

Brief Mental Health First Aid Workshop

a 2-hour workshop delivered by a registered nurse with a MHFA training certificate

OTHER

Semi-structured interviews

One-to-one, face-to-face semi-structured interviews will be conducted by a research assistant. The duration would be around 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ka Wai Katherine Lam, Phd · the polytechnic university of hong kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-30
Completion
2026-04-30

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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